Mr. George Grossmith, whose photograph in character also appears in this number, is a son of the late George Grossmith, a well-known lecturer. Mr. Grossmith, jun., was for many years a reporter in the law courts, which he attended with a view of ultimately entering the legal profession. Being, however, possessed of considerable musical ability, at the suggestion of Professor Pepper he exchanged the toil of the courts for more inviting repose afforded by the Polytechnic Institution. There, in 1869, he made his début as a public entertainer in the school of the late John Parry; and in the following year went on tour with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul. Subsequently, Mr. Grossmith visited many hundred of Provincial Literary and Mechanics' Institutions, in conjunction with his father, and on his own account, giving recitations, interspersed with songs and character sketches. In 1876-7 he produced an entertainment, with Miss Florence Marryat, entitled "Entre Nous," for which he wrote and composed the successful musical comedietta entitled "Cups and Saucers." It is Mr. Grossmith's custom to give recitals at private houses, and on one of these occasions he attracted the notice of Sir Srthur Sullivan, who persuaded him to undertake the part of John Wellington Wells, in Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera of "The Sorcerer," produced at the Opéra Comique, on November 17, 1877, by the Comedy Opera Company, Mr. R. D'Oyly Carte being the manager. Mr. Grossmith has since appeared in all Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan's operas produced at the Opéra Comique and Savoy Theatres. His parts in these operas, and the dates of production are as follows:— The Right Hon. Joseph Porter, K.C.B., in "H.M.S. Pinafore," on May 25, 1878; Major-General Stanley, in "The Pirates of Penzance," on April 3, 1880; Reginald Bunthorne, in "Patience," on April 23, 1881; the Lord Chancellor, in "Iolanthe," on November 25, 1882; King Gama, in "Princess Ida," on January 5, 1884; and Ko-Ko, in "The Mikado," on March 14, 1885. Mr. Grossmith has at various times written and composed several entertainments, songs, and slight musical pieces, the latest of which is "The Great Tay-Kin," written by Mr. Arthur Law, composed by Mr. George Grossmith, and brought out at Toole's Theatre, on April 30.